The speaker experienced a profound identity foreclosure, realizing the importance of viewing one's identity as malleable and extending beyond specific pursuits. Embracing change in identity is crucial for personal growth and exploring other spaces, identities, roles, and passions. This mindset challenges common misconceptions about fixed identities, change, and happiness, highlighting the need to break free from self-imposed limitations and explore a more exploratory frame of mind.
New episodes of A Slight Change of Plans coming every Monday starting October 11th!
Maya joins Dr. Laurie Santos (host of The Happiness Lab) to talk about how we can reframe the change in our lives and learn to fear it less; and also how we can inspire far greater changes in ourselves than we ever thought possible.
Maya and Laurie also take a few listener questions.
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